The ECOWAS Court was established by the Revised ECOWAS Treaty. By virtue of that treaty, the Court has assumed an existence at the international plane and has delivered a number of judgments. This study therefore examines the enforcement of the judgments of the ECOWAS Court in Nigeria as a Member State. The study finds that Nigeria has not been enforcing the judgments of the Court like other Member States. The study further finds that there are five sources of international law namely: treaties, custom, general principles of law recognised by civilised nations, judicial decisions and the writings of the most qualified publicists and that while Nigerian law has addressed domestic effect of treaties and custom, that of other sources most notably the decisions of international tribunals has not been seriously addressed. The study therefore argues that the common law on the enforcement of foreign judgments can be successfully adapted to give domestic effect to the judgments of the ECOWAS Court as an international tribunal in Nigeria. The study therefore recommends that the Nigerian judiciary should take the gauntlet to make the judgments of the ECOWAS Court effective in Nigeria.

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通过普通法关于执行外国判决的规则在尼日利亚执行西非经共体的判决

西非经共体法院是根据经修订的西非经共体条约设立的。根据该条约，法院假定在国际上已经存在，并作出了许多判决。因此，本研究考察了作为会员国的尼日利亚西非经共体法院判决的执行情况。研究发现，尼日利亚没有像其他会员国那样执行法院的判决。该研究进一步发现，国际法有五种来源，即：条约，习惯，文明国家认可的一般法律原则，司法裁决和最有资格的公关人员的著作，而尼日利亚法律已经解决了条约和习惯的国内影响。 ，其他来源的决定（尤其是国际法庭的决定）尚未得到认真处理。因此，该研究认为，可以成功地修改关于执行外国判决的普通法，以使作为尼日利亚国际法庭的西非国家经济共同体法院的判决在国内产生效力。因此，研究报告建议尼日利亚司法机构应采取措施，使西非经共体法院的判决在尼日利亚生效。